1954 - Elvis Presley (19) signed with Sun Records and quit his day job with The Crown Electric Company.

1961 - Pat Boone began a 10-day tour of South Africa.

1961 - Bill Anderson joined the Grand Ole Opry.

1962 - The Rolling Stones played their first live show in London.

1969 - Blind Faith made their live U.S. debut at Madison Square Garden.

1970 - Janis Joplin played her first show with the Full Tilt Boogie Band in Louisville, KY.

1979 - Disco Demolition Night was held by a Chicago station at a major league baseball game. Between games of a double header, a pile of disco records was exploded on the field causing a near-riot and leading to the cancellation of the second game.

1979 - Ian Paice, ex-Deep Purple, joins Whitesnake.

1986 - Boy George was arrested in London for drug possession.

1988 - Michael Jackson went to the U.K. for his first ever live shows in Britain. Over eight nights, he performed for 794,000 people.

1992 - Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses is arrested on charges stemming from a 1991 St. Louis show where he allegedly started a riot by diving into the crowd.

1992 - A memorial to Buddy Holly was unveiled in Dallas, TX.

1993 - Prince performed a show at his Paisley Park Studio to benefit a local community radio station.

1996 - Jimmy Chamberlin of Smashing Pumpkins was charged with drug possession after he involvement in the overdose death of band member Jonathan Melvoin.

1999 - Fred Durst of Limp Bizket is arrested in St. Paul, MN after kicking a security guard in the head during a show.

1999 - DMX was arrested during a concert in Trinidad for using obscene language.